Countries have submitted their most recent round of promises and plans to fight climate change, and the UN has tallied them ...

Elon Musk's brilliant plan for saving us from climate change involves a little help from a swarm of friendly AI satellites.

Expectations are low for the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, but the host’s pragmatic approach could help make ...

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...

This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate" report. The report was prepared by an ...

A tiny shift in Earth’s spin could trigger a move timekeepers have never made before, and it might impact everything from satellites to global networks. The Earth is picking up speed, and it’s forcing ...

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring ...

“People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable ... The control-alt-delete reset is a ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Imagine Earth turning into a giant kettle for five seconds. It sounds like the set of a disaster film—but if the planet’s surface temperature suddenly jumped to 100°C (212°F), ...